B2 - Population Sampling

Question 1

What is a population?

Answer 1

The number of a specific species in a specific area at a specific time

Question 2

What can population be influenced by?

Answer 2

Predators
War
Migration
Food Supply

Question 3

What is a reason for monitoring the size of populations?

Answer 3

To identify endangered species

Question 4

What is the piece of equipment used to measure a plant population?

Answer 4

A Quadrat

Question 5

How can Quadrat experiments be conducted fairly?

Answer 5

By drawing out a graph using coordinates, these coordinates are then wrote out into a bowl which could then be chosen randomly to determine where the Quadrat is going to be thrown

Question 6

How does using more Quadrats in an experiment make the test more accurate?

Answer 6

Because a larger is being analysed which means the result would be closer to that of the actual population

Question 7

What is a Pooter used for?

Answer 7

Used for small insects to suck them up without the risk of harming or killing them

Question 8

What is a Sweep Net used for?

Answer 8

Used to catch flying insects and aquatic organisms

Question 9

What is a Pitfall trap used for?

Answer 9

Used to catch small ground insects in the ground